Bottle-capping tool



W. W. BURESCHe BOTTLE CAPPING TOOL. APPLICATION FILED APR. 16, 1920.

- INVENTOR.

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Patented Sept. 21,1920.

a citizen of the UnitedrStates, residing at V .WILLIAM w. BURESCH, orBALTIMORE, MARYLANII).

BOTTLE-CAPPING 'rooL.

Application filed Apri116,

T 0 all whom it may camera:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM vV. BURnsoH,

-moved from bottles, can be re-applied in a secure and air-tight manner.In carrying out the lnventlon, I provide three arcuate crimping members,which may be of the same size and made in the same die, these members,when brought together, forming a ring adaptedto encircle a bottle capand having internal teeth or serrations adapted to fit the indentationsin the crimped portion of a bottle cap. Two handles are pivotallyconnected to one of the crimping members or jaws, and the other membersor jaws are each centrally pivoted to said handles, and by pressing thehandles toward one another, the jaws may be made to press a used bottlecap into its original shape around the head on the bottle. A springconnects the pivoted handles together, and this spring extends acrossthe opening between the jaws, at a fixed height above the jaws, thearrangement being such that when a cap is placed'upon the bottle and thejaws are pressed down over the sidesoof the cap, the spring will holdthe jaws around the cap and also serve as a stop to position the jawteeth in the indentations in the cap.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure '1 is a top plan view of the crimping device, showing the jawspartly opened to receive the cap;

Fig. 2 is a section on 1; and,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the handles with detached jaw. v

Referring to the drawing, a, b, and c, indicate three arcuate jaws ofthe same form and size and which may be cut from sheet metal, in thesame dies. These jaws are provided with inwardly projecting teeth 1,suitably spaced to engage the indentations in bottle caps such as havebeen formed by machinery and applied to bottles containing the line 22of Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1920; Serial No. 374,398. v

beverages and other liquids. In order that the jaws may beinterchangeably used, each jaw is provided andtwo end perforations 3.Handles 4i and 5 are each connected at one end to one of the jaws a bypivot pins 6, which pass through theend perforations 3, and the jawsPatented Sept. 21, '1'a2o.'

with a'eentral perforation 2 b and c are pivotally connected to the vhandles 4L and5, respectively, by pivot pins 7 which pass. through thecentral perforations 2 1n the-jaws..- The handles Land 5 are alike, andeach is preferably made of a strip of sheetm'etal, suitably formed andfolded upon itself, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8, and the aws are looselyfitted between the folds of the strips. Short studs 8, riveted to thehandles, are connected by a helical spring 9, which extendsdiametrically across the opening in the jaws at a fixed height above thejaws. The studs 8 extend through the end perforations 3 in the jaws band 0, re spectively, and these perforations are of considerably largerdiameter than the diameters of the studs, as shown in Fig; 2, so thatthe jaws b and 0. may rock, to a limited extent, about their pivots'7.Thus,all of the jaws are movable with respect to thehandles with respectto one another and this permits the several aws to adjust themselves tothe V peripheral wall of a crimped bottle cap.

VVhen a crimped cap is to be re-applied and to a bottle, the cap isplaced over the bottle 7 mouth and the jawsof the capping tool arebrought down over the cap until the spring 9 engagesthe top of the cap,Fig. 2, wherein the bottle is indicated at (Z and the cap at e, indotted lines. The teeth on the jaws will then be in position to enasshown in gage the indentations in the side wall of the cap. The springserves as a stop to position the aws and prevent them from golng belowthe cap, and also serves to automatijaws in engagement with the to thepivotal connections of the teeth on the cally hold the cap. Owing thejaws with the handles, jaws readily dentat-ions on thelcap the cap bythe spring. When the capping tool has been placed upon the cap asdescribed, the operator presses the handles 4: and 5 toward oneanother'and this re-crimps the cap about the bottle neck.

What I claim is: I 1. A device for attaching crimped caps when pressedagainst find their' positions in the in-- to bottles comprising threearcuate crimping jaws adapted to encircle a cap, and a pair of handlesboth pivotally connected to one jaw and each having one of the otherjaws pivoted to it.

2. A device for attaching crimped caps to bottles comprising threearcuate crimping jaws adapted to encircle a cap, and a pair of handlesboth pivotally connected to one jaw and each having one of the otherjaws pivoted at its central portion to the handle.

.3. A device for attaching crimped caps to bottles comprising threearcnate crimping jaws adapted to encircle a cap, a pair of handles bothpivotally connected to one jaw and each having one of the other jawspivoted to it, and'a spring secured to the handles and extending overthe opening between the jaws.

at. A device for attaching crimped caps to bottles comprising a pair ofhandles each consisting of a longitudinally folded metal strip and threeflat arcuate crimping members fitting within the folds of the handles,one 0f said members pivotally connected to both handles, and the othermembers heingeach separately pivoted to the individual handles. v

5. A device for attaching crimped caps to bottles comprising a pair ofhandles and three similar arcuate crimping'jaws, each jaw having acentral perforation and two end perforations, pivot pins connecting oneof said jaws to both handles through its end perforations, and pivotpins connecting the other jaws to the handles through the centralperforations in said latter jaws.

6. A device for attaching crimped caps to bottles comprising a pair ofhandles and three similar arcuate crimping jaws, each jaw having acentral perforation and two end perforations, pivot pins connecting oneof said jaws to both handles through its end perforations, pivot pinsconnecting the other jaws to the handles through the centralperforations in said latter jaws, and two studs secured to the handlesand each extending through an end perforation in one of said latterjaws.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

WVILLIAM W. BURESOH.

